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In the Spotlight

2012

Roundtable interview
Marrying materials with mathematics

11/26/2012

By bringing different areas of materials science together and now building bridges with mathematics, the AIMR is stepping out in a truly original direction. Where to? A definite answer is not expected for another several years, but clues are already emerging

Summer school
Young researchers delve deeper into materials science

08/27/2012

23–29 July 2012: The AIMR hosted an English-based Summer School program for international graduate students in Sendai, Japan

Roundtable interview
Bringing mathematics to life

07/30/2012

Ambitious plans by the AIMR to develop a new approach to materials science research driven by mathematics offers the prospect of great advances for materials scientists and mathematicians alike

Director’s interview
A new director, a new direction

05/28/2012

The AIMR was established in 2007 as one of the inaugural research institutes of the World Premier International (WPI) Research Center Initiative. In April 2012 the institute entered its sixth year of operation, with mathematician Motoko Kotani succeeding organic chemist Yoshinori Yamamoto as its second director.

International workshop
A calculated approach to materials science research

03/26/2012

The 2012 WPI-AIMR Annual Workshop held in Sendai, Japan on 20–24 February 2012 showed a maturing institute that is recovering well from the effects of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Interview with Director and Deputy Director
Materials research like none other

01/30/2012

Current WPI-AIMR director Yoshinori Yamamoto and deputy director Motoko Kotani reflect on the challenges faced by the institute to date, and share their vision on the institute’s next stage of development
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